Why Do We Choke On Our Spit?

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When's the last time you choked on your own spit? Probably pretty recently, right? As it turns out, the reason we are so prone to coughing fits over nothing has a lot more to do with human evolution than you might think, and the features in our throats that let us embarrass ourselves during a big speech also set us apart from all the other apes out there!

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